Appearing before the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday, Brexit boss Nigel Farage said that he fears British civilization is on the brink and may not survive another generation of governance by the left-wing Labour Party or the so-called Conservative Party, both of which he accused of being two sides of the same establishment coin.

"I honestly believe we're less than a decade away from effectively turning into a third-world country. And I will be damned if I'm going to see that," Mr Farage said. "I'm putting my shoulder to the wheel and I urge those of you in the audience who have the same sense of urgency that I do about the problems that we face to put your shoulders to the wheel as well. And there is one very valuable thing the history does teach us, which is that this country's been in big trouble before, but it's always got itself out of it."

The Reform leader argued that an early general election should be called, given that the recently installed Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, was not elected on the 2024 Labour Party manifesto but rather on the support of just 25,000 people in Makerfield a month ago.

"He has literally no mandate for this at all in what is supposed to be one of the world's best, oldest, and most functioning democracies," Farage said. "And frankly, I think that the British public have had enough of this game of musical chairs that is taking place in Downing Street.

"The only good and decent and right thing to do given where we are with a new prime minister coming in that none of you have had the opportunity to vote for or against is there must be an immediate general election so the country can decide the future."

The populist leader went on to accuse Burnham of being "more of the same", except perhaps even more left-wing. Farage further suggested that the new prime minister was interested in the top political job out of self-interest, claiming that in his first address to the nation, Burnham was forced to check his notes 266 times.

"Now, I put it to you that if a political leader is incapable of standing before an audience and stringing a couple of sentences together, they might be doing the job more out of personal ambition than out of conviction and belief in the country," he quipped.